 | John Mair - Arithmetic - 1772 - 376 pages
...extremes, and common difference, to find the number of terms 5 that is, given I. II. IV. to End III. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quot plus unity is the number of terms, by Theorem IV. EXAMPLE I. A fetting out on a journey, travels... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Arithmetic - 1802 - 350 pages
...=500500 Anfwer. 2 PROBLEM 3. Given the extremis and the common dtffsr~ fnce, to Jind the number of terms. RULE. — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increafed by i will be the number of terms required. EXAMPLES. I. The extremes are 3 and... | |
 | Nicolas Pike - Arithmetic - 1807 - 370 pages
...=500500 Anf<wer. 2 PROBLEM 3 Given the extremes and the common difference, tojlnd the number of terms. RULE — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increafed by i will be the number of terms required. EXAMPLES. i. The extremes are 3 and... | |
 | Samuel Webber - Mathematics - 1808 - 466 pages
...PR0BLEM III. Given thefirst term, the last term, and the common difference^ tofmd the number of terms. RULE.* Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient, increased by 1, is the number of terms required. * By the last problem, the difference... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Arithmetic - 1812 - 274 pages
...III. The extreme terms a and z, and common difference d being given, to find the number of terms n. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by unity is the number sought : or + i ~ n. Ex. 1. When the extremes are 4 and... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1815 - 250 pages
...debt. PROBLEM III. Givea the first term, last term, and common difference, to find the number of terms. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number »f terras. EXAMPLE8. 1. If the extremes be 3 and 45, and... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - Arithmetic - 1818 - 246 pages
...PROBLEM HI. / ' Giyeji the first term, last term, aad common difference, to' find the number of terms. RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by 1 is the number of terms. ; EXAMPLES. 1. If the extremes be 3 and 45, and... | |
 | Phinehas Merrill - Arithmetic - 1819 - 116 pages
...the. jírst term, the last term, and the common différente to find the number of term», . , , ¡ \. RULE.— "Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient increased by one is the number of terms required. , . , .EXAMPLES. 1. If the extremes,... | |
 | Zadock Thompson - Arithmetic - 1826 - 176 pages
...Problem III. The first term, the last term, and common difference given, to find the number of terms. RULE.! — Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and the quotient, increased by 1, is the number of terms required. Examples. 1. The extremes are 2 and... | |
 | B. M. Tyler - Arithmetic - 1827 - 308 pages
...70; — how many miles does he increase daily ? Ans. 7. PROBLEM IV. To find the number of terms. • RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and add one to the quotient. Illustration. — The greatest term is made up of the common difference added... | |
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RULE. Divide the difference of the extremes by the common difference, and add 1 to the quotient. 
